Dancing into Battle: A Social History of the Battle of Waterloo - Hardcover

Formerly Associate Editor of the Evening Standard's ES magazine, Nick Foulkes writes regularly for the Financial Times, Country Life and the Mail on Sunday's 'Night and Day'.

'[Foulkes is] a scholarly researcher as well as a witty chronicler.' -- Andrew Roberts 'a well-researched social portrait...Foulkes entertainingly and gracefully brings to life the Regency upper-class at war." -- Simon Sebag Montefiore 'an elegant and colourful companion to the more traditional perspectives on Waterloo.' -- Annabel Venning BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE (December 2006) 'a fascinating new perspective to one of the most famous conflicts in British military history.' -- Saul David TELEGRAPH (16.12.06) 'Foulkes is strong on the historical side of events, most interesting is what he observes about the mythologising of the ball as it blended seamlessly into the battle.' -- Frances Wilson SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (31.12.06) 'Foulkes has written a wonderful book. Drawing on a rich stock of memoirs from those who fought and those who partied at Waterloo, he creates a picture that is gaudy, sad, elegant and impeccably English.' -- Kathryn Hughes MAIL ON SUNDAY (31.12.06) '[an] entertaining chronicle...Foulkes's description of combat is as deliciously British as his vignette of teacakes and cream.' -- Chloe Todd Fordham THE OBSERVER (7.1.07) '[an] enthralling social history of the Battle of Waterloo.' -- Katie Hickman DAILY MAIL (12.1.07) 'A fresh and vivid reconsideration of one of official British history's greatest triumphs.' -- Michael Kerrigan THE SCOTSMAN (13.1.07) '[an] entertaining book...[it] contains sex, shopping, parties, gossip and glamour.' -- Paul Donnelley THELONDONPAPER (9.1.07) 'Nick Foulkes gives the impression that he might have strayed from the pages of Thackeray's novel Vainty Fair. Certainly, his relish for the Regency period is infectious, and does eloquent justice to the dramatic potential of Waterloo.' -- Hugh Massingberd COUNTRY LIFE (11.1.07) 'The book captures so well the mood of the time and each chapter covers an aspect of the social life and the characters who were there, why they were there and what they did and thought about it.' THE MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Feb '07) '...entertaining...Foulkes captures the frenetic mood of nervous pleasure-seeking and growing tension in the city as the armies massed before the action. He also gives a clear exposition of the battle and its aftermarth.' -- Nigel Jones LITERARY REVIEW (March 2007) 'Foulkes uses colourful accounts that historians have neglected...While he never disparages the bravery of armies, Foulkes's presentation of such overlooked material about Waterloo make this a welcome addition to its literature.' -- Belinda Beaton TLS (30.3.07)